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Based in Washington, D.C, the GEF Secretariat reports directly to the GEF Council and Assembly, ensuring that their decisions are translated into effective actions.

GEF’s Mission: A mechanism for international cooperation for the purpose of providing new, and additional, grant and concessional funding to meet the agreed incremental costs of measures to achieve agreed global environmental benefits

The GEF is the Financial Mechanism of the UNFCCC, CBD, Stockholm Convention, UNCCD and the Nagoya Protocol. The GEF also provides assistance to International Waters and the Montreal Protocol. The GEF provides Secretariat Services to the Adaptation Fund Board.

All Project Identification Forms should have endorsement of Operational Focal Point when submitted to GEF for clearance (in case of full-sized projects) or approval (in case of medium-sized projects requesting project preparation grants)

ProjectBaseline: Activities that would happen without GEF’s investment

The costs of the baseline activities: to be covered by normal development expenditures such as government budgets, bilateral aid, the private sector, NGO resources, and loans from international financial institutions, including IDA and the Multilateral Fund.

The impacts of the baseline activities (GHG emissions and global environmental benefits): to be estimated through historical projects and/or trend analyses